Amal Clooney breaks down as she speaks about her decision to put ISIS on trial and the story of one girl that inspired it all

The human rights lawyer admits she has been targeted with threats from ISIS but is determined to see it through

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By BRITTANY VONOW

20th September 2016,12:35 am

Updated: 21st September 2016,7:30 am

HUMAN rights lawyer Amal Clooney has been moved to tears as she spoke out over her decision to put ISIS on trial, saying she had been inspired to take action after hearing the harrowing tales of young women abused by the terror group.

Clooney said she had felt “a sense of outrage” that nothing had been done to bring those who had subjected young women as young as 11 and 12-years-old to horrific sexual assault to justice.

Amal Clooney said she had discussed the high profile case with her husband George Clooney with both inspired by the stories of those who had survived the horrific ordeals

Speaking to Today on Monday, the 38-year-old said the story of Nadia Murad, who was captured by the terror group when she was just 19 and forced to become a sex slave, had driven her to take ISIS and bring them to trial.